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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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